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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
2
The season brings abundant snow that will supply water for irrigation across Mio enmnity. Mountaintop accumulations and fresh deposits serve as reservoirs, reducing scarcity fears in the Payette river region. Downriver districts expect solid water reserves as winter continues.
A county convention resolves to condemn state county and municipal government excesses, especially highways, and to push strict spending cuts. It urges non partisan tax reform to distribute the tax burden fairly among property classes and advocates legislative committees funded by local counties with minimum county contributions of 10 to 25 dollars based on valuation.
A Christmas appeal notes that postwar wounds heal slower in Central and Eastern Europe. The European Relief Council, led by Herbert Hoover, urges Americans to fund meals and medicines for 5,500,000 hungry children through Red Cross and allied agencies. One dollar from America draws two more from European sources to supply one meal per day for a month. A gift to Franklin K Lane at 42 Broadway, New York, funds life-saving aid, framed as a moral obligation of mercy.
The American Building Association News argues government, industry, and public interest must address core faults rather than waste time on trivia. It likens legislation to a car needing proper lubrication at weak points to prevent breakdown, urging prudent savings and responsible leadership.
A teacher pushing cooperation with a pupil’s parents visits the home of a boy caught in multiple falsehoods. The mother objects, saying the boy refuses to come in. The sister Annie is sent to fetch him, returns saying he won’t come. The mother insists he be told his grandmother is present with candy.
A mother in Windsor Magazine warns a boy about procrastination with the proverb Never pay off tomorrow what can be done today. The boy replies with a plan to eat the remaining strawberries and cream, turning the lesson into a practical quip.
There will be no community movies this week at the Y Community Hall due to Christmas activities. Next Friday December 31 will feature three Bray Pictographs one Ford Weekly and the next Son of Democracy episode about Lincoln with Civil War events. Local veterans get preferred seating. January brings a community gathering to raise funds for folding chairs for the Y and dining rooms. Attendance at last Friday’s movies neared five hundred. donations were 12.24. film costs 17.00. THRIFT Week starts January 17 for Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. membership goals rise to 500. finances and delinquent pledges are being collected. a Hi s Club for high school boys is planned with the slogan HIV to promote worthy living.
Notice is given by Bird L Jacobs en executrix of Carl P Jacobsen deceased to creditors and all with claims against the estate to present them with vouchers within ten months after first publication to Norris Sutton Payette Idaho. First published December 23 1920. Last publication January 6 1921. MID-WINTER TERM BEG JANUARY 3. Positions Guaranteed to Graduates. Write for catalog NE'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. Rolse-Taho Dec 28-13 INS.
A compiled list of buyers from Payette and nearby Idaho towns bidding on lots at a Jersey sale held December 8. Entries show buyer names, routes or towns, and multiple bid amounts totaling hundreds to over a thousand dollars. Notable names include W. Thomas Payette and Dorothy Payette with varied totals.
A quoted remark notes that if German schools had emphasized character over wealth, World War I might have been avoided. It reflects on loss: wealth gone harms little, health hurts somewhat, but loss of character means total ruin. The proverb underscores moral priorities amid historical reflection.
A local Payette resident Mrs A Gorham says Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble and back pain after several attacks. She recommends the remedy, priced 60 cents, available at dealers nationwide via Pester Mibrun Co Buffalo NY.
John T. Jefferis sheriff will sell at the Payette courthouse steps on a Sunday in January 1921 at 2:00 PM the Lot 2, Section 29, Township 7 North Range 5 West, Payette County Idaho to satisfy the decree in John Laughlin and Carl Reed v Lew Orrell and May Orrell. Sale governed by order of sale issued December 11 1920 and recorded November 16 1920. Dec 16-Jan 6.
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